reinventing yourself
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Giddy Up
I’m sitting at the computer with a finger’s worth of the good stuff in one of my favorite rocks glasses, trying to think of something profound to share before the last 25 minutes of this year are done. I’m finding… Continue reading
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Trust Fall
For some strange reason, I woke up yesterday morning, thinking about something I hadn’t thought of for a very long time. And because it’s staying with me, I figured it was something that needed to be included in the Ramble… Continue reading
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Space, Fried Shrimp, Old Friends, and Dreams: More Introspection (Oct. 21-25)
October 21: Things you’d love to change about your home and why.There’s not much I’d change about this little place, except for maybe a larger “office room” space, another decent closet… and reducing the occasional traffic noise. It would also… Continue reading
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On Showing Appreciation and Why I Love My Rental House: Introspection for Oct. 19 & 20
Monday morning, and I’m trying my best to be a bit more productive and organized. So, instead of making up for a week’s worth of neglected posts, I managed to delay only two days of neglected introspection posts before getting… Continue reading
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More Introspection (Oct 10-18, 2025)
The past week has been a busy one – I’ve spent a lot of my days, traveling back and forth to various meetings with Hospice of the Piedmont. I’m looking at becoming a volunteer, so I had to complete two… Continue reading
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Nine Days of Introspection
It’s 9:30am. Sitting here at the desk, hoping to garner a few minutes of focus and do some writing. It’s a challenge, though – on my second cup of coffee, listening to Ian Astbury belt out “She Sells Sanctuary“, and… Continue reading
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Stop. Listen. Breathe.
Yesterday, after a day full of unexpected health complications (I’m okay, so no worries), I came home and was completely zapped. The past week or so has been tough on many levels. Y’all saw my last post about anxiety, and… Continue reading
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Waiting on the Moon
A solitary Friday night in my world. I’m feeling a little maudlin, listening to Echo and the Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon”, released in January 1984. I was getting ready to graduate high school at the time that song came out…… Continue reading
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Life in the “Coulds”
I’m trying to shift into a new practice of getting up a little earlier in the morning to have more quiet time for meditation and journaling before the world gets loud. And to coffee myself. (Yes, I feel that coffee… Continue reading
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There’s No Place Like Home
It’s Monday, August 18, at 11:55pm. Bear with me – I felt like logging in another post before going to bed. Tomorrow’s going to be a busy and interesting day, and while I need some sleep, I also want to… Continue reading
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